• FIRE HYDRANT VANDALISM: Manteca Firefighters responded to several incidents of hydrants being opened on Sunday, causing flooding to the roadways. Incidents occurred on: North Union Road between Del Webb Boulevard and Shady Pines Street, North Main Street and Birchwood Avenue, and East Louise Avenue and Pestana Avenue. In all incidents, the hydrants were opened at the steamer connections. Firefighters were able to mitigate the hazards by shutting down the hydrants to stop the water flow.

RIPON - Ripon crossing guard Dorothy Patterson has been a guardian angel for thousands of school children for 50 years – that's some 8,000 days – watching out for their welfare as they arrived for school and again when they went home for the day.